Baljit Singh Bhandal created the luxurious, 103-bedroom home in Chertsey Road more than a decade ago.

But his world began to collapse when he was charged with an alleged booze fraud, his assets were frozen and Updown Court was raided by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in a blaze of publicity in 2001.

Updown Court then sold in 2003 for £13 million when it had originally been advertised at slightly more - for £70m!

It was back on the market two years later, dubbed 'the world's most expensive home' and still reportedly up for sale for £75m in 2011 when one of our sister papers compared the plush pad to a three-bedroom terraced house in Grimsby.

Now after Mr Bhandal's failed High Court damages claim, Get Surrey looks back at the history of one of Surrey's most luxurious properties: